Spinning-frame tool.



L. H. ROONEY.

SPINNING FRAME TOOL.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 17, 1913.

Patented Oct. 14, 1.913.

INV NTOR ATTORNEY E'E'TTEE STATES ATENT EETCE.

LUKE H. ROONEY, OF NEW BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO THE WHITIN MACHINE WORKS, OF WHITINSVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MAS- SACI-IUSETTS.

SPINNING-FRAME TOOL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 14,1913.

T0 all 'whom @'15 may concern Be it known that I, LUKE H. RooNnY, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Bedford, State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Spinning-Frame Tools, of which the following is a full, true, and complete speciication.

rlhis invention is an instrument for use in cleaning s pinning, twisting or like machines, and comprises a handle or portion by which it may be conveniently grasped for use and another portion adapted to be inserted between two adjacent lines of yarn or thread emerging from the drawing rolls, to provide a space therebetween in which the operator may thrust his hand to wipe or clean the drawing rolls or their journals or other parts in rear of the yarn. The object is to protect the yarn against derangement during such wiping as well as to give the operator a free and, if desired, an enlarged space in which he can use his hand without exercising any special caution to avoid contact with the yarn or other moving parts. He may thus work more eiiiciently and rapidly.

Figure l of the accompanying drawing illustrates the preferred form of the instrument in operative position in a spinning frame of ordinary type, and Fig. 2 the same in different position.

The portion of the spinning frame shown in F ig. l comprises the roller beam 1, with thread guide rail 2, the roll stands 3, and the drawing rolls 4, mounted thereon as usual. The instrument shown in use with these parts and embodying this invention is made of tin plate and comprises a main portion or base in the form cf a receptacle to the rear of which is attached a suitable handle 5, by which the instrument can be held with the base resting upon the roller beam 1 or the rail 2, so that the said receptacle will be partly beneath and in front of the rolls 4. In the present case the instrument is provided with a foot 6 on the under side of the bottom wall of the receptacle, as shown in Fig. 2, whereby it may rest on the machine, the said foot being smaller than the receptacle and hence adapted more readily to find a suitable bearing. The two opposite side walls 7 of the receptacle are extended upwardly above the front and rear walls 8 thereof and are appropriately shaped so that when the instrument is in the position mentioned they will be between two adjacent lines of yarn as shown and the space between them will provide protected access for the operator to reach the drawing rollsl without touching the yarn. These upstanding side walls or wing members 7 are desirably disposed at a slight relative inclination to each other, so that when the instrument is thrust through the i yarn and placed against the roller beam they will wedge the lines of yarn or thread apart and thus enlarge the accommodation for the operators hand. The exterior surface of the wing members is smooth and adap-ted to engage and separate the yarn without interfering with its forward motion or with the twist, so that the rolls can thus be cleaned while the machine is in motion. The receptacle formed between the wing members serves to retain any droppings from the rolls as well as the chalk dust, and when the instrument is not in use may serve as a container for the bunch of waste with which the chalk is applied. The degree of inclination of the wings 7 as well as the nature of their construction, may be varied according to the machine in which the instrument is to be used.

The foot 6 in the present case is shown as a box-shape formation soldered to the bottom of the receptacle. Tt is so placed thereon as to form a Stop adapted to engage the front upstanding edge S of the roller beam, as an abutment and thus guard against contact, or too forcible contact, of the wing members with the rolls. In certain types of machines the front wall of the receptacle may serve as the stop by contact with the roll-stand pedestal, in which case the foot 6 will serve merely as a supporting member or may be dispensed with.

The drawings and the description just given refer to the preferred form of t-he invention, as above stated, and it will be evident from a consideration thereof that the form and proportion of the several parts as well as the material and mode of construction may be selected according to circumstances or the preference of the maker without departing from the invention as defined in the following claims.

I claim:

l. An instrument for cleaning spinning and like machines comprising a handle and two separated wing portions adapted to be thrust between adjacent lines of the thread or yarn and forming a protected space therebetween to receive the hand of the operato-r.

2. An instrument for cleaning the drawing rolls of spinning and like machines comprising a base adapted to be removably held upon the roller-beam or thread-guide rail and having opposed upstanding wing portions aifording protected access to the drawing rolls between the lines of yarn issuing therefrom. i

3. An instrument for use in cleaning spinning, twisting and like machines comprising a receptacle and two separated members on opposite sides thereof adapted to be removably held between adjacent lines of thread or yarn and affording a protected space in which to operate on parts above or beyond the said receptacle.

4. An instrument for use in cleaning spinning and like machines adapted to be removably held against a fixed part of the machine and provided with yarn-engaging means adapted for enlarging t-he space between adjacent lines of the thread or yarn, thereby providing enlarged access to parts beyond the same.

5. An instrument of the kind described comprising a portion adapted to rest removably on the roller-beam or thread-guide rail of a spinning or like machine and upstanding, relatively inclined wing members adapted to engage and spread apart two adjacent lines of the thread or yarn, thereby providing enlarged operating space between such lines in which the operator can insert his hand.

6. An instrument for use in cleaning spinning and like machines comprising a receptacle the side walls of which are extended upwardly above the end wall or walls, the said receptacle being adapted to be thrust between the lines of the yarn or thread and beneath the drawing or delivery rolls, and the side walls thereof being of sufficient height to extend between and protect said lines with the receptacle in the said position.

7. An instrument for use in cleaning spinning and like ,machines7 comprising a pair of wing members and a handle whereby such members may be thrust between adjacent lines of yarn, and having a stop member thereon adapted to limit such thrusting movement by engagement with the machine.

In testimony whereof, l have signed this specification in the presence of two witne'sses.

LUKE H. ROONEY. [n s] lvVitnesses:

ERNST F. VON FLA'rnRN, CLIFFORD R. FULLER.

Copies of this patent may be obtalned for iive cents each, by addressing the f Commissioner of Patents.

' Washington, D. C. 

